Minority religion

Egypt’s dominant religion is Islam, with a significant minority of Coptic Christians. Islam is practiced by the majority of Egyptians and it basically manages their personal, political, economic and legal lives. "The Egyptian government discriminates against the Copts and hampers their freedom of worship. The police at the local level frequently harass and sometimes even persecute Christians, particularly converts.” A convert can even be forced to divorce his or her spouse, so Islamic people…

Ever since the advent of religion, there has seemed to be strife among competing religious groups. Many groups want to impose their vision of religion upon the world and please their version of God. Entire wars were fought over religious domination, the most infamous of which being the Crusades. It was not until the great American experiment that the concept of pluralism and religious tolerance was implemented legally in a nation. The Founding Fathers seemed to settle the debate, but today,…

tolerant and flexible with freedoms for all, regardless of the ethnic group. Canada recognizes multiculturalism as part of our national identity. While it presently is well on its way, it took a lot of determination, organization, and tenacity by the minority group immigrants and their white sympathizers. Canada in its early days was a young British nation that was populated mainly by farmers, fisher’s and fur traders. Early inhabitants were mainly French fur traders; and Britain’s need for…

Egyptians are Muslim”(“Religion”), followers of Islam. Islam is a religion where there is only one god, however there are multiple prophets. The islamic god is known as Allah. Instead of having a bible, muslims have something called the Qur’an. The Qur’an is said to be the final revelation of Allah. In the government most things are based on the religion of Islam. These things could be the laws or the who is elected president. With the amount of Muslims in Egypt, the religion of Islam easily…

Another reason why religion should not be allowed to be taught in public schools is because many school officials and teachers do not know enough about other religions besides their own. This is a problem because if public schools did decide to allow religion to be taught they would have to train the officials and teachers about religion just as they suppose to be teaching their student. The article “religion and public school” stated that “public school is natural battleground supporting 90…

Islam is one of the largest monotheistic religions in the world. A religion of peace, it is practiced by over “1.6 billion people around the world” (Lipka) and dominant in 50 countries (Wikipedia)no wikipedia. The word Islam means submission or surrender; however, it was derived from the root word “Salam”. Unfortunately, the message of Islam has been distorted by acts of violent radicalism. Good sentence!. Radical extremists who use the religion of Islam as a weapon of war against non-Muslims,…

Conflicting Theories Two theories presented within the literature on the independent impacts of gender and religion respectively seem to conflict with each other. Various authors made the argument that it is a widely-observed phenomenon for staunch Republican women to vote Democrat when having the choice between a man and woman candidate. This seemingly counters the argument made by religious cleavage scholars that state that women who vote for right-wing parties are typically motivated by…

presumption toward religion and my thought reading faith. Diversity in religious practices…

In the opening foreword to the book, Taking Religious Pluralism Seriously: Spiritual Politics on America’s Sacred Ground, prominent author and Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies at Harvard University Diana L. Eck highlights the importance of pluralism in the United States. “Pluralism is much more than the simple fact of diversity. Pluralism is not a given, but an achievement. It is engaging that diversity in the creation of a common society.” In a way, this statement…

Relation between communalism and secularism: Freedom of religion is very essential for the peace loving society. There is no doubt that religious freedom is essential but what should be the ambit of religion, especially in multi religious society is the issue in India. Supreme Court makes the demarcation between essential practices of religion and secular activities of religion. In a leading case, the Supreme Court of India stated that secularism is “more than a passive attitude…